Current portfolio

  • Axolotl Corp. provides complete health information exchanges (HIEs) for regional health organizations and hospital networks and provides collaborative clinical messaging systems  and electron medical records to link ambulatory care providers to their healthcare partners and to each other.    The company also offers  medical transcription services for larger practices and hospitals.  Vanguard Atlantic formed Axolotl in 1995 and has invested in three subsequent financings.  In August 2010 Vanguard Atlantic sold its interest in Axolotl into the cash-for-stock merger with Ingenix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Health Group.  This transaction is the second in VAL's history with more than a 10x return (the public offering of Mercator being the first).
  • Novak Biddle LP specializes in high technology investments in and around Washington D.C..  Vanguard Atlantic has been an investor in each of the three NBLP funds and has co-invested with NBLP. 
  • VAL e-Investments is a sub-fund in which Vanguard Atlantic Ltd. is both co-general and limited partner.  VAL e-Investments is managed by former Vanguard Atlantic Partner Jan Rumberger.  It specializes in stat-up investments in the Susquehanna Valley region of Pennsylvania.
  • Alara, Inc.  Uses proprietary storage phosphor technology in dental and medical applications.  Vanguard Atlantic Ltd. led Alara's first external funding round in May 2000.  Alara supplies film-free digital dental devices through Dentsply and a digital bone mineral density device that identifies osteoporosis in less than 30 seconds in an office setting.  Alrara's latest products include the CRystalView R200 desktop CR system a  storage phosphor device that replaces film while letting clinics, radiology centers and hospitals use their existing X-ray equipment.  Plates are digitally transferred to one or more workstations in less than a minute.
  • Packaged Business Solutions International.  Helps clients migrate to the .net environment while maintaining legacy applications on their iSeries hardware.